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Leonard Hamilton, an out-of-work coach with a reputation for turning around moribund programs, signed a lucrative five-year contract yesterday with Florida State. Hamilton, 53, has not coached since leaving the N.B.A.'s Washington Wizards last...

Leonard Hamilton, Michael Jordan's hand-picked rookie coach of the Washington Wizards, announced his resignation last night following a 98-92 season-ending loss to the Toronto Raptors in Washington. Hamilton was summoned to Jordan's office...

June 15, 2000, Thursday

Leonard Hamilton is keeping the University of Miami in suspense as he decides whether to take Michael Jordan's offer to coach the Washington Wizards or remain with the program he built. Neither the Hurricanes nor the Wizards had any coach-related...

June 13, 2000, Tuesday

The Washington Wizards' rambling search for a coach has taken them to the University of Miami, where Leonard Hamilton said today that he was thinking over an offer. ''You have to understand this is not an easy thing for me,'' because he is close...

June 8, 2000, Thursday

Leonard Hamilton led the Hurricanes to their third consecutive N.C.A.A. tournament appearance and their first in the round of 16 this season. Now the Hurricanes want more, and they are willing to pay for it. Hamilton signed a seven-year contract...

April 5, 2000, Wednesday

Miami has agreed to give men's basketball coach Leonard Hamilton a new contract after he led the Hurricanes to their third straight appearance in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament. His old contract had three years to run....

April 4, 2000, Tuesday

Leonard Hamilton wore a basketball net around his neck, a smile on his face and sweat on his brow in the afterglow of Miami's 74-70 victory against St. John's today. The overtime victory made the Hurricanes co-champions of the Big East Conference,...

March 6, 2000, Monday

YOU don't see Leonard Hamilton relax that often. On the sidelines, during practices, watching film, Hamilton, the coach of the University of Miami's surging basketball team, moves with a never-ending sense of urgency. He lives in a world where the...